PSA levels can be elevated for reasons other than cancer, such as an enlarged or inflamed prostate. False positive and false negative PSA test results are possible. The American Cancer Society does ...

Effective cancer screening protocols can dramatically alter outcomes for patients. Prostate cancer, for example, has been one of the most common cancers among men in the United States for decades. In ...

Screening for prostate cancer using a blood test likely reduces the risk of dying from prostate cancer and may also reduce the risk of dying from any cause. Screening likely makes little to no ...

Prostate cancer is one of the top diagnoses for men with cancer, but early stages are tough to detect.

A major review of nearly 800,000 men has found prostate cancer screening using a specific test is likely to reduce deaths ...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood testing likely reduces the risk of death from prostate cancer, found a new review ...

A new comprehensive review suggests that screening men for prostate cancer using a blood test could reduce deaths from the ...

Patrick Shannon of Kenhorst was relishing a new phase of life — retirement from his careers in construction and security — when his primary care doctor called with unexpected news. Shannon’s recent ...

Health-evidence reviewers reverse recommendation on a blood test that detects a biomarker of a common cancer after decades of ...

Screening with a PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test reduces prostate cancer deaths by two for every 1000 men screened ...

Former President Joe Biden last underwent a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test, one of the most common ways to screen for prostate cancer, in 2014 while he was serving as Barack Obama’s vice ...

A new at-home saliva test could help identify men with a high risk of prostate cancer more accurately than blood tests, leading to earlier diagnosis and more successful treatment. Prostate cancer is ...